Hippocratic Oath
Healing's Deception: Unveiling the Hippocratic Oath
Lyrics
Here lay in my hospital bed
The speaker is lying in a hospital bed.
Day after day each one I do dread
The speaker dreads each day in the hospital.
Take this pill or that pill
Reference to the prescription of various pills.
Or we're here to take your blood
Medical professionals are there to draw blood.
So please be still
Request for stillness during a medical procedure.
They are in here so often
The speaker questions the frequency of medical visits.
I do begin to wonder
Speculation about the medical staff being like Dracula.
Is this really Dracula
The speaker humorously considers growing paler.
I am growing paler
Suggesting that the situation is a mistake or error.
And all this is just a blunder
The speaker feels the medical situation is a blunder.
Only read articles that are peer reviewed
Advice to read only peer-reviewed articles.
They say I am over you (I'm over this)
Claiming to be over someone or something.
Empirically
Based on observation and evidence.
I only say it back (I love you)
Expression of love only when forced.
When your force me to
Love is expressed only under pressure.
Your affliction is
Describing the other's affliction as unremarkable.
Unremarkable
I can't fix you I just do no harm
The speaker cannot fix the other person, avoiding harm.
Comfort your false alarm
Offering comfort for a false alarm.
Hippocratic Oath was just some inside joke
The Hippocratic Oath is seen as a joke.
Written down by mistake
Suggesting the oath was written down mistakenly.
I think what he was trying to say
Interpretation of what the oath was trying to convey.
Is that we should just walk away
Suggestion to walk away from love or difficult situations.
Love only works if it hurts
Love is effective only when it causes pain.
If it hurts
Reiteration that love should be painful.
I always hurt
The speaker always experiences emotional pain.
Only take prescriptions that are placebos
Preference for placebos over actual prescriptions.
It's not medicine
Questioning the effectiveness of medicine.
It's just theatre
Viewing medicine as a form of theater.
I only say it back
Repeating the pattern of expressing love under pressure.
When your force me to
Love is expressed only when forced.
It's the golden rule
Reference to the golden rule and learning in school.
What we learn in school
I can't help you I can't even help myself
The speaker cannot help others or themselves.
Just reaching towards the shelf
Struggling to find a solution, reaching for a metaphorical "magic pill."
With the magic pill that masks my pain
The magic pill is a temporary relief from pain.
Circling down a drain
Feeling like life is spiraling downward.
I wish I could land this plane
Desire to control or stabilize a deteriorating situation.
We're just going to have to jump
The need to take a drastic step and hope for the best.
And pray for the best
A metaphorical plea for a positive outcome.
That pain in your chest
Physical or emotional pain is emphasized.
Comment